What made Free Lunch Friday 2013 awesome – slideshow

One of the first events we launched in 2013 was our Free Lunch Friday series. Founder Danny Beckett Jr. wanted to put together a national movement that not only celebrated entrepreneurs and their hunger for growing a business, but to bring them together to network, learn, collaborate and even make friends. On March 29, 2013 … Read more

Greg Head, Chief Marketing Officer for Infusionsoft, to speak at November Free Lunch Friday

Our audience is still pumped up from the last FLF talk with Brian Mohr, COO and co-founder of Y Scouts, who inspired and energized the audience with his talk “Building Purposeful Companies.” Mohr motivated the audience to find their “Y” and purpose in the workplace, and shared how to incorporate a purpose-driven recruiting process into … Read more

Brian Mohr, Co-Founder & COO of Y Scouts, to speak at Free Lunch Friday

Last month at Free Lunch Friday, mobile app developers Jo Overline and Ryan Allen, better known as the Dapper Gentlemen, lit up the room with a healthy dose of humor and advice with their talk “Embracing Disruptive Mobile Technology.” Their talk drew over 10,000 views to AZ Tech Beat TV YouTube channel. For entrepreneurs considering … Read more

Free Lunch Friday Welcomes Jo Overline and Ryan Allen, co-founders Dapper Gentlemen

FLF is back in full swing for the month of September! Last month’s FLF kicked off with speaker Thom Brodeur, executive vice president of venture management at Tallwave, who spoke about how Arizona’s entrepreneurial ecosystem can help the state compete on a global stage by taking innovations all the way to commercialization, faster and with … Read more

Chris Johnson CEO of Terralever to Speak at Free Lunch Friday

Standing room only, laughing, inspiration and networking-and a free lunch! Just a snap shot of what you missed at our Free Lunch Friday Phoenix (FLF) event last month with Pat Sullivan, founder and former CEO of ACT! and SalesLogix, and CEO of Contatta. Visit our YouTube Channel to watch his speech at AZ Tech Beat … Read more

Pat Sullivan To Speak At Free Lunch Friday

Standing room only, laughing, learning and networking-and a free lunch! Just a snap shot of what you missed at our Free Lunch Friday Phoenix (FLF) event. FLF is a non-profit organization that has one simple goal-to provide community, content, connections and access to capital to the startups and entrepreneurs who fuel the ecosystem. Our program runs … Read more

Free Lunch Fridays Hits Phoenix

Startups need money, resources-and a free lunch! AZ Tech Beat, in partnership with Seed Spot, will be hosting Free Lunch Fridays in Phoenix. Free Lunch Fridays, a non-profit organization, has one simple goal-to provide community, content, connections and access to capital to the startups and entrepreneurs who fuel the ecosystem. The program runs the last … Read more

Leverage disruptive technology to boost your bottom line – Lunch and Learn – April 24

Last month’s AZ Tech Beat Lunch and Learn was all about the Customer Experience (CX) with Justin MacDonald, Infusionsoft’s Manager of Customer Experience. MacDonald shared the “6 Secrets to Enhancing your Customer’s Experience” and understanding your customer’s journey as they connect with a business. A lively talk that will make you think about your outfacing communication with your … Read more

6 secrets to enhancing your customer's experience – Lunch and Learn – March 27

Last month’s AZ Tech Beat Lunch and Learn was all using video to boost your business. The Director of Strategy at WireBuzz Marcus Krieg emphasized to not skimp on quality and said the benefits of a well-produced, strategic video could out-weigh the risk of customers clicking off if the video is just bad. The musts of a … Read more